FINALLY: A Totally Wireless & Portable Backup Camera System

February 2020 Update: It appears that the crowd-funding efforts we saw for this product were not successful. We tried to reach out to the company in mid-2019 to no avail. We’re not sure what the status of the company or the product is at this point. The National Highway Safety Transportation Agency (NHTSA) announced a … Read more

Hands-On: EGO Power+ 575 CFM 56V Cordless Blower

When it comes to leaf blowers, most pros will tell you gas-powered backpack blowers are the way to go. But EGO has made it their company mission to replace gas-powered lawn tools with battery-powered machines that are equal to or better than many gas-powered tools. Their latest blower is no exception and is, in fact, … Read more

Harbor Freight May Owe You Money

Love ’em or hate ’em, Harbor Freight Tools has some great deals on lots of tools we don’t care about keeping long-term. And, to be fair, some of their bigger-ticket items are solid—like certain floor jacks, tool chests, and air compressors that many have trusted for years. Harbor Freight is well-known for their old-school parking lot sales and … Read more

Jay Leno’s New Auto Detailing Products

If you call yourself a gearhead and don’t know about Jay Leno’s Garage, you’re no gearhead, my friend. Okay, that was a little contentious, but Jay Leno has one of the coolest garages on earth (pretty sure more than one, though) filled with a huge collection of amazing cars—old, new, and exotic. Recently, Jay launched … Read more

HANDS-ON: TreadWright Off-Road Tires (Part 1)

Given how often we parenthetically talk about Jeeps and off-roading here at GarageSpot.com, it’s no surprise that brands catering to the off-roading community reach out to us quite often. We’re also huge supporters of the little guys—startups and product innovators that are busy putting good ol’ American ingenuity to work, while focused on filling a … Read more

A Robot for Your Smoker… It’s the SMOBOT

If you’ve got a Kamado-style cooker, you’ve probably heard the term, chasing temps. This is where people become almost obsessed with achieving and maintaining the perfect temperature in their Kamado. And it can suck some of the fun out of the whole experience. One start-up, IOT Controls, seems to have a solid solution: a WiFi … Read more

The World’s Hardest DIY Automotive Paint Coating?

Back when I ran my detail shop, we paid big money for the best products to solve what, in those days (the late ’80s into the ’90s), were major challenges: oxidized paint, acid rain damage, and the much more difficult challenge of etched or peeling clear-coat. Of course, since then, automobile paint has come a … Read more

A Portable Truck Bed Liner

A few days later, a product aptly named the Portable Truck Bed Liner, crossed our workbench. I shared it with the contractor and he said he was going to order one immediately.????????

Three Different Levels of pH-Cleaning Power

If you’re serious about hand-washing your car, you actually measure the amount of soap you mix into your two- or three-bucket setup, even when the little voice in your head wants you to dump half the jug of soap into the bucket for an extra-sudsy mix. After all, most car wash formulas do provide specific … Read more

A Central Vac for the Garage (Kinda)

As we continue to plan for Project Baker (I promise it’ll be kicking off soon, once all of the contractors are out of the way), we were looking for the best way to incorporate a central vacuum-like system in the garage, since I do a lot of detailing and whatnot. The house itself is already … Read more